City Council wrap up

March 10, 2011

The following is from the March 1 meeting of the Laguna Beach City Council.

Arts Commissioner Patricia Kollenda announced Alliance for Arts activities, which can be reviewed at http://www.lagunabeacharts.org. She also announced that No Square Theatre's benefit production of "Maimed" raised $20,000 for artists whose property and belongings were damaged in the December deluge.

The council unanimously denied a claim filed by the law offices of Edward J. Deason on behalf of Susan Perrine, of Laguna Niguel

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Perrine claimed she was crossing Pacific Coast Highway at Cress Street on July 2, 2010, and tripped on a hole and raised sidewalk, fell forward and struck her head on a concrete planter, causing serious and permanent head injuries. The claim, as of the filing date, was for $5 million.

NovaPro Risk Solutions recommended denial of the claim against the city, based on Caltrans jurisdiction of the area in which the accident took place.

The council voted 5-0 to comply with a request by the board of directors of the Laguna Beach Colony Estates to rename Atelier Lane and part of Shreve Drive in the Treasure Island Specific Plan area.

WHAT IT MEANS

The privately owned Atelier Lane and the portion of Shreve Drive in the estates, also privately owned, will be renamed Montage Way. The numerical addresses on the renamed streets will also be changed to 1 through 27.

Sewer lift station plan

City staff proposed a modification of the design of the Main Beach Sewer Lift Station controls, generator and other infrastructure. The council voted twice on the recommended action at City Manager John Pietig's request to ensure the understanding that the approved modifications did not pertain to the lift station itself. The measure was approved unanimously.

WHAT IT MEANS

The lift station had already been approved and all of the modifications were consistent with the previous approval, Pietig said.

Council direction confirmed

The council voted 5-0 to confirm that property owners at 815 Quivera Street have with the City Council direction to plant a tree to make a privacy screen between their home and their neighbor's.

WHAT IT MEANS

The property owners were allowed to remove opaque glass from their kitchen window as long as the tree is maintained.